Thursday September 30th
Position 37′ 44″N 000′ 08″ E
Course: 55′ T Speed: 11.5 Kts Days run: 300 miles
Wind: Direction 050’T Speed 3 Kts
Weather: Warm and Sunny
News:
Timoneer departed Queens Cay Marina Gibraltar at 10:00 this morning for the 480 mile journey east to Palma De Mallorca. It was excellent weather for power boating as we motored for the entire day in less than 10 kts of wind and calm seas. The majority of the day was spent doing repairs to the main as we need to put a 3 foot by 4 foot patch on the leach at the 4th batten pocket from the top. The carbon cloth which provides the strength in the sail is intact. The ultra violet sacrificial cover which protects the sail from the sun is what needed repair as it had chaffed through in a couple of spots along with the leach tabling. We have been doing our best on the fishing but have only landed one 14lb tuna since we entered the Mediterranean. With the bright full moon we even tried trolling at night with the glow stick illuminated plastic squids but all that hooked was one plastic bag. At our current speed we should arrive in Palma early Friday morning.
John